Ok here's the thought behind it:
I'm not someone who really cares about stats so much, but this game has Revenge written all over it. First, Hawks won a heart breaker over Nuggets a couple of nights ago, then came the ass fucking Denver took from the mavs.
Now let's look at the Team as a whole. Hawks are playing their first game at home after a pretty long road trip, which usually puts a team in a bad spot. Nuggets on the other hand has 3 days to recompose and focus on this game.
Moving on, I really doubt Joe Johnson will play this game, and even if he does how effective he will be. May I remind you, he's the team's only TRUE offensive option, while Nuggets boast a starting 5 unit that avg. DD in scoring.
Some of you might argue that Pachulia has improved a lot and has become another consistent scoring option. It might be true, but I think his late struggles wont be he,lp by the fact that Camby will be on him. Here are his stats the last few outings:
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 border=0><TBODY><TR class=bg1 vAlign=top><TH> </TH><TH>OPP</TH><TH>MIN</TH><TH>PTS</TH><TH>TREB</TH><TH>AST</TH><TH>TO</TH><TH>STL</TH><TH>BLK</TH></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>12/01</TD><TD>CLE</TD><TD>38</TD><TD>20</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>12/03</TD><TD>POR</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>12/05</TD><TD>SEA</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#f0f0f0><TD class="" vAlign=top>12/06</TD><TD class="" vAlign=top align=middle colSpan=8>Did Not Play</TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>12/08</TD><TD>LAL</TD><TD>34</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD>12/10</TD><TD>SAC</TD><TD>24</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>